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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | 18:18 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 10./NJG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 620890 |
| MSN: | D5+NV |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dolphia, Enschede, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Jever airfield, Germany |
| Feindflug - operational sortie |
The crew was briefed to fly a ground-attack sortie to the south of Paris. In the Dutch-German border area, the Nachtjäger was suddenly attacked by GCI-controlled 604 Squadron Mosquito HK526 and exploded in flames at Dolphia.
Hans Werthner, who baled out wounded, later recalled: “We were shot down by a Mosquito at 20.10 hrs twixt Enschede and Hengelo, which fired two bursts of gun fire, the first went into our cabin, the second in our starboard engine. Own machine was Ju88 G-6 R4+NR. Uffz. Franz Ofenschiessel and Uffz. Erich Hoppe were killed in the aircraft.”
The two men were initially buried at Enschede.
Flugzeugführer / Fw. J. Werthner 24 years old / wounded
Bordfunker / Uffz. G. Hoppe 22 years old / Ysselsteyn cemetery
Bordmechaniker / Uffz. F. Ofenschiessl 23 years old / Ysselsteyn cemetery
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5022
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Jun-2022 18:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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